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Yung Dong restaurant serves a slow cooked beef soup. As Jonathan Gold said, “pho is the best one” but this one is pretty good too. The name alone elicits great laughs, so it was a must try. The deal is, it’s a Korean soup spot and the waitress walks up and says something like “first time?” We answer yes, and it’s practically a nod of disapproval. She seems keen on explaining what were in for as if maybe we don’t want to be there. The soup comes flavorless and it’s your job to add salt, pepper, chilis, and kimchi style juice to make the soup better. I got oxtail soup and the waitress said good choice. The banchan, is basically kimchi, and it’s actually good because you get the radish type along with the cabbage. The green onion, I have no idea what to do with. They give you scissors to cut it down to bite size pieces. The oxtail is great, the sauce you get is tasty, and it’s a good call. But, I still think Soontofu will beat this. 3828 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90010 (213) 386-3729 We got a tutorial from the waitress. See the sauce container with the chilis in it? That big vat of green onions is to put into the soup when it’s hot. The banchan comes in that metal container. See that tea kettle? It’s filled with kimchee juice. Explosions in the Sky is the best band of the moment. They don’t have vocals, but they do rock the Friday Night Lights music. I don’t know how long people will love them when they don’t sing songs, but I hope it’s a while. Live, these dudes rock harder than you’d think. The rad thing about them playing at the Wiltern is the pre or post Korean food.
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Sort of off to the side is a vending machine. I know a few have said, that it seems like a weird thing, or a take off, but it is part of the Giant Robot thing. Yes, it's our merch in there sans a few items and the prices are right, no jacking them higher. I know a few have gotten some things out of there, and we've refilled this unit a few times already. All kinds of great items in here make it...
Sort of off to the side is a vending machine. I know a few have said, that it seems like a weird thing, or a take off, but it is part of the Giant Robot thing. Yes, it’s our merch in there sans a few items and the prices are right, no jacking them higher. I know a few have gotten some things out of there, and we’ve refilled this unit a few times already. All kinds of great items in here make it just that much better.
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There's a geodome at the Tomo and that's where the annual filmmakers brunch takes place. Tons of people, fruit, coffee, and some snacks. It's easy to say, without them, there's no festival, but if there's no festival, there's less of them too. No dome, no brunch. It never ends. Everyone should be happy. Day 4 is when people begin to leave. Sunday. I stayed a bit longer and saw two films. The...
There’s a geodome at the Tomo and that’s where the annual filmmakers brunch takes place. Tons of people, fruit, coffee, and some snacks. It’s easy to say, without them, there’s no festival, but if there’s no festival, there’s less of them too. No dome, no brunch. It never ends. Everyone should be happy. Day 4 is when people begin to leave. Sunday. I stayed a bit longer and saw two films. The Yoshitomo Nara film and West 32nd. Less blog yesterday, which means, things were fine or I forgot my camera, and didn’t get to take many pictures. Outside Marc Jacobs store, it’s near the film festival area. I’ve never been to his shop until Sunday. at the Marc Jacobs store. Weird. This is outside of West 32nd at the Castro. 1400 people packed. Amazing crowd who enjoyed almost each moment.
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